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Daily Archives: September 4, 2014
Celebs React To The Death Of Joan Rivers: “She Wasn’t Done”
Celebs React To The Death Of Joan Rivers: “She Wasn’t Done”
Joan Rivers may not have always pleased everyone at once, but celebrities reacting to the 81-year-old trailblazer’s death on Twitter today are confirming that her legacy will be one filled with laughs. In the words of so many she inspired, Joan was an “icon,” a “force of nature,” and “absolutely remarkable.”
She will be missed!
A legend, a friend, a mentor, an icon, and wildly funny. One of a kind. RIP #JoanRivers @joan_rivers pic.twitter.com/jnAC5G4AQo
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) September 4, 2014
My heart is torn in half.
She wasn’t done.
#Joan t.co/XH87wAT4Mb— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) September 4, 2014
Too much to say. A constant source of encouragement for me years before anyone else gave a damn. A full and fabulous life. Love you, Joan.
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) September 4, 2014
@Joan_Rivers Godspeed my sweet. Thanks for all the laughs. Thanks for all the love. I miss you already.
— Jane Lynch (@janemarielynch) September 4, 2014
If you want to see a glimpse of who Joan Rivers was, watch PIECE OF WORK on Netflix. She was unprecedented and never backed down. RIP.
— Tyler Oakley (@tyleroakley) September 4, 2014
Heaven just got a whole lot funnier. #RIPJoan
— Andy Cohen (@Andy) September 4, 2014
Joan Rivers will always be a pioneer. She paved the way for a lot of comedians. I’m very sad she’s gone. pic.twitter.com/i1uE9fyHMh
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) September 4, 2014
RIP, Joan. You will be greatly missed. pic.twitter.com/DMO53btGZi
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) September 4, 2014
Thanks for the laughs @Joan_Rivers ! The last woman to bed me!
— Lance Bass (@LanceBass) September 4, 2014
My heart is broken. Joan Rivers RIP. Gone way too soon. All my thoughts & prayers are with Melissa & her family.
— Jesse Tyler Ferguson (@jessetyler) September 4, 2014
Joan Rivers was one of a kind! Thank you for the laughs @Joan_Rivers! And for making me truly petrified of bad shopping decisions!
— Blake McIver (@BlakeMcIver) September 4, 2014
So sad about Joan Rivers. She was such a kind and absolutely hilarious woman. My heart goes out to her family. pic.twitter.com/k3HV2hf4nZ
— Brad Goreski (@mrbradgoreski) September 4, 2014
So sad that #JoanRivers has passed away. Thinking of her daughter @MelRivers and her family, friends and many fans. #RIPJoanRivers
— Robin Roberts (@RobinRoberts) September 4, 2014
Sad to hear of Joan Rivers’ passing. A great lady. It was honor to have the chance to spend the day with her once. pic.twitter.com/NcXKSDxvQw
— Dita Von Teese (@DitaVonTeese) September 4, 2014
RIP GODDESS: Hail Hail, a GENIUS has vacated this realm: Joan Rivers has died.
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) September 4, 2014
Joan Rivers has died. What a sad ending to a brilliant and tragi-comic life; one of the bravest, and funniest of all.
— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) September 4, 2014
That being said, Joan is gone but a piece of her lives on: her nose, because it’s made of polyurethane.
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) September 4, 2014
we lost a great one in @Joan_Rivers – she was funny all the way to the end
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) September 4, 2014
RIP Joan Rivers. A force of nature.
— Seth Meyers (@sethmeyers) September 4, 2014
We will miss you @Joan_Rivers. What you did in your life was absolutely remarkable. Your rep for kindness to everyone was completely true
— Joel McHale (@joelmchale) September 4, 2014
My fav joke in “A Piece if Work” looking at the wine’s vintage and saying “May” Relevant and funny all the way to the end. Thank you Joan.
— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) September 4, 2014
RIP to the funniest, most hardworking lady in the biz. You will be missed @Joan_Rivers!
— Jenny McCarthy (@JennyMcCarthy) September 4, 2014
I’m so sad 2 hear tht Joan Rivers passed away 2day 🙁 A pioneer in women’s comedy & a survivor w a capital S! Thank U Joan 4all th laughs <3
— Fran Drescher (@frandrescher) September 4, 2014
My friend Joan Rivers has passed away once again to quote Billy Crystal… There are no words. Bon Voyage Joan ????
— Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) September 4, 2014
I am so sorry at the passing of Joan Rivers. She was a friend. She inspired me. She made me laugh since I was a kid, and I loved her so much
— Cyndi Lauper (@cyndilauper) September 4, 2014
.@Joan_Rivers was a dear & wonderful friend who I’ve known for 45yrs. Great guest, pal, comedian & mother. We will never see her likes again
— Larry King (@kingsthings) September 4, 2014
The King and Queen of comedy, may they both rest well. #joanrivers #robinwilliams pic.twitter.com/lwMY7qefV2
— Will Smith (@Wize_Quotes) September 4, 2014
Matthew Tharrett
Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1614
Towleroad Guide to the Tube #1614
BILL NYE: His thoughts on Common Core and why creationists tend to oppose it.
PAT ROBERTSON: Loves food, all food.
PUPPY DOG RESCUE: Homeless dog living on railroad tracks finds his forever home.
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: New Freak Show teaser – ‘Sword Swallower’
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Kyler Geoffroy
RUDE – Magic cover – LGBT version
RUDE – Magic cover – LGBT version
Thank you for watching! 🙂 Buy this song on Loudr! loudr.fm/release/rude/UwMFF Buy on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/rude-single/id915137583 (Loudr is the same price, and…
[03/09] – Desafio LGBT
Appeals Court Strikes Marriage Bans in Ind., Wis.
Appeals Court Strikes Marriage Bans in Ind., Wis.
The decision is the fourth from a federal appeals court to declare state bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional.
Sunnivie Brydum
www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2014/09/04/appeals-court-strikes-marriage-bans-ind-wis
'Citizen Gino' May Retire His Race and Gay Cards
'Citizen Gino' May Retire His Race and Gay Cards
Friends attend Chi-Ming “Gino” Kuo’s swearing-in ceremony as a United States citizen at Manhattan’s United States Southern District Court on Aug. 22 with homemade, tongue-in-cheek “Gino for President” signs
Chi-Ming Kuo is known to all his many friends and acquaintances as “Gino,” a name he says he saw on an Italian water ices sign at a pizza parlor after getting off from a subway station when he first arrived in New York from his native Taiwan. Many of his New York City friends were with him on Pearl Street in lower Manhattan on Aug. 22 when Kuo, 35, finally took the oath as a United States citizen in a jury room of the United States Southern District Court.
A name-inspiring sign
Kuo, who is single, works at Macy’s Inc. on Herald Square as a marketing manager for all company-wide digital media incrementality measurement, whatever that is, but almost every evening he can be found with friends at spinning class at his health club.
Kuo came to New York after completing his military duty after college in his hometown of Tainan City in Taiwan, where his father, now retired, was one of the borough presidents. Kuo was the student conductor in his high school wind ensemble and later a prize-winning athlete in aerobics competitions. After earning a degree in economics as a member of Taiwan’s Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society at National Central University, he made the momentous decision to come to the United States to study for a master’s degree in marketing at New York University, which he completed in 2006.
Two of Kuo’s closest friends, Joe and Anthony, both New York City bus drivers, are a longtime couple who make up a regular trio for with him for pre-theater dining at Becco on 45th Street’s “Restaurant Row.” To them, “you can’t get more American than Gino. He’s very never afraid to voice his opinions and yet has a great sense of humor. Not only can he dish it out, but also take it.”
Gino Kuo, wearing patriotic colors this past July Fourth
Another close friend, Kimo Jung, a shopkeeper and friend from the gym, says, “Gino has a lust for life that will make him the very best of Americans; he’s always doing, going, tasting, trying. He has a joie de vivre that, I am certain, bumped up our country’s average the moment he completed his naturalization pledge.”
Kuo himself says, “It was extremely surreal for me when the judge handed me my neutralization certificate that Friday morning. I went from not knowing how to order a proper roast beef roll the first week I arrived in New York for school — I literally got a roll with a whole bunch of roast beef, nothing else — to now looking forward to voting at the next election. I can finally feel legit when I watch Bill Maher on HBO and Meet the Press on Sunday morning.”
Dropping his insouciant humor for at least one sentence, Kuo says, “Growing up in democracy, it pained me in the past few years that I was living here, paying the same amount of taxes, if not more, yet not being able to vote. I’m so glad my opinions finally count! In addition, I’m very hopeful about the equal rights developments in my new country as I plan to retire my race card and gay card very soon!”
Lily Tomlin to Receive Kennedy Center Honors
Lily Tomlin to Receive Kennedy Center Honors
Openly lesbian actress and comedian Lily Tomlin will be recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors later this year.
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Joan Rivers, Comedy Icon And Straight Ally, Dead At 81
Joan Rivers, Comedy Icon And Straight Ally, Dead At 81
Joan Rivers, a comedian who could truly be described as legendary and a longtime ally to the LGBT community, has died at age 81 in New York’s Mt. Sinai hospital, reports Variety.
“She passed peacefully at 1:17 p.m. surrounded by family and close friends,” her daughter, Melissa, said in a statement. “My mother’s greatest joy in life was to make people laugh. Although that is
difficult to do right now, I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon.”
More to come.
Jeremy Kinser
Seventh Circuit Rules 3-0 Striking Down Wisconsin and Indiana's Gay Marriage Bans
Seventh Circuit Rules 3-0 Striking Down Wisconsin and Indiana's Gay Marriage Bans
As expected, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled 3-0 for the equality side, writing that the governments of Indiana and Wisconsin have given “no reason to think they have a ‘reasonable basis’ for forbidding same-sex marriage”
Read the summary and final judgement below.
Developing…
Previously, “7 Moments That Will Make You Want to Gay Marry Judge Richard Posner” [tlrd]
Kyler Geoffroy